Cleaner



v May 7, 1929. P. c. MARVIN 1,711,572

CLEANER Filed June 17, 1927 /9- (I! A? 2; l9

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ATTORNEY Patented May 7, 19 29.

PATEN T OFFICE.

PETER G. MARVIN, OF ELMIRA I-IEIGI-ITS, NEW YORK.

CLEANER.

Application filed June 17,1927. Serial No. 199,450.

This invention relates to a cleaner and aims to provide a simple device for cleaning pots, pans and the like.

A cleaner embodying the invention provides means for bringing a mass of steel Wool into firm contact with the article to be cleaned without bringing the hands of the user into.

contact with the steel wool.

The nature of the invention may best be understood from a detailed description of the specilic cleaner embodying the invention, which is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cleaner;

Fig. 2 is a back elevation;

Fig. 8 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. d is a horizontal section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The cleaner illustrated consists of two pieces o'l sheet metal, one of which provides a fiat plate 10 and a tapered holder 11 for a mass of steel wool 12, while the other provides a flat bar 13 and aplunger 14 at the lower end of the bar. A guideway 15 for the bar 13 is formed by cutting two tabs 16 in the plate lO'and oflise ting them forwardly, as clearly shown in the drawings. The holder 11 is formed by bending two strips pro-- jecting from the lower corners of the plate 10 so as to bring their ends 17 into contact with each other. The holder is tapered in term and is open at both ends. The guide 15 is so positioned that the sliding movement of the bar 13 in the guide results in moving the plunger 14 up and down within the holder 11. lVhen the plunger is forced down, the mass of steel wool 12, which is too large to pass through smaller end of the holder, is compressed and caused to project through the opening in the smaller, lower end of the holder. I

In the use of the device in cleaning a pot or pan, any dirt strongly adhering to the article is first scraped off by means of the sharp and rounded scraping corners 18, 19 of the plate 1.0, and the remainder of the dirt is removed by means of the steel wool 12. In so doing, the cleaner is held with one finger pressed against the top of the plunger 14 so as to force the steel wool 12 out through the lower end of the holder 11. Alternatively,

the plunger may be pressed down by placing the finger on a projecting flange 20 at the upper end of the bar 13. The forcing of the wool into and through the smallerend of the tapered holder compacts it so that it may be pressed firmly against the soiled surface and has an effective cleaning action.

What I claim is:

1. A cleaner comprising a tapered holder open at both ends, a mass of steel Wool in said holder too large to pass through the smaller end of the holder, and means for forcingthe wool toward the smaller end ofthe holder to compact it and cause a portion of it to project through the smaller end of the holder.

2. A cleaner comprising a fiat plate having a tapered open-ended holder at one end thereof. a bar slidably mounted on the plate, and a plunger at the lower end of the bar adapted to enter the holder and to force a body of steel wool contained therein to project through the smaller end of the holder.

3. A cleaner con'iprising a single piece of sheet metal forming a flat plate, a guideway on said flat plate and a'frusto-conical holder at one end of said. flat plate; and a second piece of sheet metal forming a bar slidably mounted in said guideway and a plunger on the lower end of said bar positioned to enter said holder through its larger end.

l. A cleaner con'iprising a tapered holder open at both ends, a resilient mass of steel wool in said holder too large to pass through the smaller end of the holder, and means for forcing the wool toward the smaller end 01 the holder to compact it and cause a portion of it to project through the smaller endo'f the holder, said means being movable into and out of the larger end of the holder.

5. A cleaner comprising a fiat plate carrying a tapered holder open at both ends, a bar slidably mounted on the plate, and a plunger at the lower end of the bar adapted to enter the holder through its larger end and to force a portion of a body of steel wool contained therein to project through the smaller end of the holder. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PETER C. MARVIN. 

